Coin-holder or change-maker.



J. W. JONES, DECD. COMMONWEALTH TRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR.

COIN HOLDER 0R CHANGE MAKER.

APPLICATION FlLED JAN.28| 1914.

Patented Feb. 22,1916.

THE COLUMBIA FLANOGRAPH :0 WASHINGTON, n. c.

UNITED STATES Parana orrron.

7 JOSHUA W. JONES, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA;COMMONWEALTH TRUST COM- IPANY, EXEGUTOR OF SAID JOSHUA W. JONES, DECEASED, ASSIGNOR TOJONES COMPANY, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A FIRM COMPOSED OF JOSEPH R. JONES, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, J. MILEY JONES, ROBERT ROSS JONES, AND JOHN PAUL JONES, ALL OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, AND WILLIAM I).

JONES, OF NEW YORK,.N. Y.

COIN-HOLDER OR- CHANGE-MAKER.

Application filed January 28, 1914. Serial No. 814,964.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSHUA WV. Jonns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCoin- Holders or Change-Makers;'and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention relates to devices for holding coins in a convenient position for being withdrawn in the making of change, devices of this character being especially designed for use byastreet car conductors and others who are called upon at frequent intervals to return change to passengers or customers, and, therefore, find it desirable to have the coin holding devices supported in a convenient position on the body, usually by means of a belt or other attaching'appliance. V I

The objects of the invention are to provide a simple and convenient form of device composed of few parts, easily and cheaply manufactured and assembled and having the capacity for being combined in a connected series of holders or of being utilized in the form of separate holders, thus permitting the individual user to suit his own taste in the number of holders employed.

The invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combination and arrangement of parts, all as will'be now described and pointed out particularly in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a con nected pair of coin holders embodying the present improvement; Fig. 2 is a similar view looking at the rear side of the pair of holders shown in Fig. 1, the belt being.

omitted from both F 1 and 2. v Fig. 3 is a section in a central vertical plane through one of the holders; Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of one of the holders; Fig.

5 is a plan view of a blank from'which the frame of the device is formed; and Fig. 6

Specification of Letters Patent.

is a detail perspective-of the preferred form of coin slide.

Like letters ofreference in the several figures indicate the same parts.

The body portion of each holder, lettered A in the accompanying drawing, is, as is usual in this class of devices, of cylindrical form, having at the top means whereby coins of-the desired denomination may be insert ed and at the bottom means whereby the coins may be withdrawn one at a time. The cylindrical body is mounted on a frame, which in the present instance is preferably formed up from a piece of sheet metal with means whereby the holder may be readily and conveniently attached to a supporting belt, aportion of said frame extending below and constituting the bottom of the holder or receptacle and a portion extend- Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

ing over the top or partly over the top of the receptacle, and where a hinged cover is employed, adapted for the attachment of said cover thereto.

Referring to Fig. 5 it will be seen that the blank from which the frame is formed, embodies a central vertical bar B and on each side of said central vertical bar are off-set arms B extending downwardly from the upper portionof the frame, and other arms B extending upwardly from the lower portion of the frame. The arms 13, however, are of considerably greater length than the arms B and both pairs of said arms are off-set rearwardly with respect to the central bar to form a belt receiving space, as shown in Fig. 3. The proximate ends of the oppositely disposed bars are preferably spaced apart a sufficient distance to admit the edge of the belt between them and the device is applied to a belt by slipping it under the low ends of the upper arms, and when pushed up into the space between said arms and the center bar, the lower edge of the belt is slipped in beneath the lower arms.- The bottom semi-circular portion of the blank is centrally slotted at b and bent'forwardly at right angles to the center bar, thus constituting the bottom of the receptacle formed by the body A. Said body is at thebottom provided with a front opening a of a width to permit of the passage of a singlecoin, and .it isheld in place in the frame by ears a at the back which are passed through apertures b in the center bar and upset or bent over against the outer frame, thus clamping the frame and re:

ceptacle rigidly in position.

o ns. o h m al. str k up fo m the apertures in the center bar are prefer ably curled to form transverse eyes C at the back of the frame near the top and bottom thereof, said eyes being adapted for the reception of lateral wires or rods D for connecting several holders to form a unitary series, and it is obvious that the purchaser may, by means of such wires, connect the desired number ofjholders in a series or block adapted for his particular use, the wires being cut to the desired length and the ends bent to retain the holders side by side.

The mechanism for withdrawing the coins from the bottom of the holder embodies a.

will have a tendency to push the coin off toone side. The escape of the coins through the opening is normally prevented by a curved. projection e on the front of the slide, preferably located on the side of the slide opposite that toward which the rear projection is inclined. Thus a coin lying on the slide is carried bodily out of the bottom ofthe receptacle and held in such position on the slide itself but with its forward portion projecting. a sufficient distance to be conveniently grasped by the thumb of the user, or if the slide be advanced with a sharp movement it will be ejected and free from the slide dropping into the hand of the user. The slide is manipulated by a downwardly extending projection F working in theslot Z) in the bottom ofthe frame, the forward movement being limited by stops g" on the frame and the slide being drawn back or held yieldingly in its normal position by a spring G. In the preferred arrangement the spring G is a coil spring which is swiveled at its forward end to the projection F and at its rear end is threaded through an ear or projection 9 formed by turning down a portion of the frame, the turned down porti n ea ing n p ure or sl t in hich the. rearendand project on on theslide leer,

pass when the slide is in normal position,

as shown clearly in Fig. 3. The portion of the spring G projecting in rear of the ear through which 1t is threaded may be 'provided with a head or other convenient means whereby it may be rotated in the threaded projection, thus constituting a ready and convenient means for adjusting the tension of the spring and insuring the quick return of theslide to normal position. The slide itself mayfurthermore be provided at the point where the coin, leaves the same, with a cutaway or recessed portion I to facilitate the disengagement of the coin therefroinby the thumb of the operator whenever theslide is drawn forward through the manipulation of the first finger, the operation of advancingthe slide to draw a coin out being a natural one for the right hand of the user, and the coin being presentedin a convenient position to be pinched downwardlyby the thumb and to be received in the hand under the. guidance of the thumb.

At the top of the holderor receptacle, the frame extends forwardly and rests. on' the upper edge of the receptacle so as to form an inclosing frame between the top and bottom of which the receptacle is clamped or held, and while this top or upper POItlOIli of the frame, lettered ii in the. drawing,

may form theentire top of the receptacle, and be slotted, if so desired for the adm1ssion of coins, as in -my prior application Serial No. 723,538.1Filed October .2, 1912, in the present structure it extends only a partof the distance over the top of the receptacle and its forward edge is formed into pintle eyes 2' adapted for the reception of a pintle on which a hinged cover L is mounted. The a cover is normally held inclosed position by a coil spring mounted on the central portion of the pintle and having its ends extended in opposite directions over the top and hinged cover, as willbe readily understood from Fig. 1.

In use,'the device is designed to be car.- ried by a belt which is threaded through the arms at the rear of the device, as heretofore described, a series of the devices being con-v nected by the rods or wires passing through eyes. on the. rearside thereof. The wires beingmore or less pliant, may be bent for giving a curve to theseveral connected devices to fit the body of the user, and when i in position at the waist line it will be seen that the finger of the right hand willfnaturally fall into position for cooperation with the downwardly extending projection of the slide of each of the holders.- Owing to. this natural position ofthe hand in operating the device, it SGldOITlEbQCOU'lBS necessary for the user to look atthe device for he may manipulate it by drawing the desired slide forward any desired number of times and,

thus discharge into his hand nndertheguid;

frame plate having its lower portion extended forwardly at substantially right angles to form the bottom of the receptacle and its upper portion extended forwardly at substantially right angles, a top for the receptacle adapted to be pivotally mounted on the forwardly extended upper portion of the frame, and means connecting the receptacle and frame together at the back and bottom respectively.

2. In a coin holder and change maker, the combination with a cylindrical coin receptacle having openings at top and bottom for the entry and discharge of coins, of a frame having its lower portion extended forwardly at substantially right angles to form the bottom of the receptacle, parallel side arms formed integral with the frame and intermediate the ends thereof, and projecting downwardly from the top of the frame on opposite sides of the center, and bottom side arms formed intermediate the lower extremities of the first mentioned arms and the forwardly bent lower portion of the frame and projecting upwardly from the forwardly bent lower portion ofthe frame to lcpoperate with the top arms in retaining a elt.

3. In a coin holder and change maker, the combination with a cylindrical coin receptacle having openings at top and bottom for the entry and discharge of coins, of a frame having its lower portion extended forwardly at substantially right angles to form the bottom of the receptacle, parallel side arms formed integral with the frame and intermediate the ends thereof, and projecting downwardly from the top of the frame on opposite sides of the center, and bottom side arms formed intermediate the lower extremities of the first mentioned arms and the forwardly bent lower portion of the frame and projecting upwardly from the forwardly bent lower portion of the frame to cooperate with the top arms in retaining a belt, said arms being ofiset toward the rear to admit the belt between them and the body of the frame.

at. In a coin holder and change maker, the combination of a frame plate having its lower end bent forwardly at substantially right angles and a plurality of slots in both portions of said frame member, of a cylindrical coin receptacle adapted to seat on the forwardly bent portion of the frame member and havingopenings at the top and hottom thereof for the entry and discharge of coins, a plurality of ears on said receptacle each adapted to register; with one of said slots in the frame to extend therethrough and engage the outer side of the frame whereby the two members are connected together by the cooperation of the ears with the slots.

5. In a coin holder and change maker, the

combination with a cylindrical coin recepj taclehaving a discharge opening at the front, of a slide adapted to reciprocate in a straight line and coextensive with the bottom of the receptacle and on which the coins are supported in the receptacle when the slide is retracted, a projection on the front of the slide for. preventing the escape of coins through theopening the edge of the slide being recessed adjacent said projection and a projection on the back of the slide for engaging and advancing the lower coin through the opening in unison with the forward movement of the slide, said projection having an inclined face for imparting a lateral movement to the coin while it is being ejected.

6. In a coin holder and change maker, the

combination with a cylindrical coin receptacle having a discharge opening at the front, of a slide adapted to be moved in a straight line toward and from the discharge opening, said slide being co-extensive with the bottom of the receptacle and on which the coins are supported when the slide is retracted, a projection onthe front of theslide for holding coins against outward movement through the opening, and an inclined faced projection on the back of the slide for advancing the bottom coin with the slide and imparting a lateral movement thereto.

7. In a coin holder and change maker, the

combination with a coin receptacle having an opening for the discharge of coins at its lower end and a slot extending across its bottom and a slide adapted to be reciprocated in said slot for discharging coins.

through the opening, said slide having a projection extending downwardly through said slot and below the bottom of the receptacle, of a coil spring for retracting the slide, a swivel connection between said spring and projection and a lug integral with the bottom of the receptacle, said lug having a screw threaded opening in which the spring is adjustably held.

7 JOSHUA W. JONES.

Witnesses:

EDWARD M. WINTERS, JNo. PAUL JONES.

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Washington, D. G. 

